Pertempuran Zab: Perbedaan antara revisi

Khalifah Marwan menjadi pemimpin pasukannya.<ref name="Legenda" /> Jumlah pasukannya diperdebatkan dengan sebagian sumber menyebutkan 150 ribu, 120 ribu, dan 12 ribu. Sementara pasukan Abbasiyah yang hanya berkekuatan 12 ribu pasukan dipimpin oleh [[Abdullah bin Ali]].<ref name="Legenda">{{cite book|title=Legenda 4 Umara Besar|id=ISBN 9786020234779, 6020234770|publisher=Elex Media Komputindo|author=Indra Gunawan|date=13 Maret 2014|format=Bukel|page=61|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=z4hKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA61&dq=marwan+ii+lari+ke+mosul&hl=id&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8wKam84yAAxXfTWwGHTgbBJoQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=marwan%20ii%20lari%20ke%20mosul&f=false|access-date=2023-07-14|archive-date=2023-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714014956/https://books.google.co.id/books?id=z4hKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA61&dq=marwan+ii+lari+ke+mosul&hl=id&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8wKam84yAAxXfTWwGHTgbBJoQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=marwan%20ii%20lari%20ke%20mosul&f=false|dead-url=no}}</ref> Di pihak Marwan, ia didampingi oleh tokoh-tokoh terkemuka dari [[Dinasti Umayyah|keluarga Bani Umayyah]] seperti Muhammad bin Maslamah, putra [[Maslamah bin Abdul Malik]],;<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hadith Transmitters Encyclopedia - Muhammad bin Maslamah bin Abdul Malik|language=ar|website=hadithtransmitters.hawramani.com|url=http://hadithtransmitters.hawramani.com/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83/|access-date=2023-07-07|archive-date=2020-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917063427/http://hadithtransmitters.hawramani.com/%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d8%a8%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d9%86-%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%84%d9%83/|dead-url=no}}</ref> [[Al-Walid bin Muawiyah bin Marwan]], cicit Khalifah [[Abdul Malik bin Marwan]],;<ref>{{cite web|title=Kitab Ansab al-Asyraf oleh al-Baladzuri - Pengepungan Damaskus - Al-Maktaba al-Shamela|page=321|author=Al-Baladzuri|author-link=Ahmad bin Yahya bin Jabir al-Baladzuri|language=ar|website=shamela.ws|url=https://shamela.ws/book/9773/3636|access-date=2023-07-07|archive-date=2022-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019010943/https://shamela.ws/book/9773/3636|dead-url=no}}</ref> dan Yahya bin [[Muawiyah bin Hisyam]], saudara dari [[Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tarajm.com/people/91489|title=Tarajm - Yahya bin Muawiyah bin Hisyam bin Abdul Malik al-Umawi|language=ar|website=tarajm.com|access-date=2023-07-14|archive-date=2023-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714014957/https://tarajm.com/people/91489|dead-url=no}}</ref> Sementara Abdullah bin Ali didampingi tokoh-tokoh seperti [[Musa bin Ka'ab at-Tamimi]]{{sfn|Crone|1980|p=186}} dan [[Abu Aun Abdul Malik bin Yazid]].{{sfn|Zetterstéen|1960|p=108}}